Thales, a provider of information systems and communications security, said that it is working with IBM to integrate Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager into Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS 2.0) to provide customers with a hardened tamper-resistant key management offering.
Thales said that TEMS will be expanded to address the key management requirements of the IBM storage portfolio of products, to provide operational and security benefits to both IBM and Thales customers, including the convenience of a hardware appliance and standards-based key management controls needed to protect and store data.
According to Thales, the TEMS 2.0 consolidates and automates the management of encryption keys for heterogeneous storage environments offering unified auditable security controls. It supports the draft IEEE P1619.3 key management standard, and enables customers to manage keys across a range of encryption-enabled storage devices and end-points, in particular IBM’s LTO4 tape and DS8000 disk storage systems.
Gordon Arnold, security software architect and product manager at IBM Tivoli software, said: “Key management provides a cryptographic layer of security that helps clients meet the stringent internal and external compliance mandates that require proper storage and protection of data and information.
“The integration of Thales Encryption Manager with IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager will provide our customers with the choice between hardware secured and software key management to help them centralise and better manage their storage security processes.”
